Umbrella cover, rib, and stick connection



F. FABBRIN UMBRELLA COVER, RIB, AND STICK CONNECTION Filed June '7, 1926 .m A 2% m: gum/W WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Patented Aug.- 9, 1927. I I

UNITED STATES FRANK FABBBIN, or TALLMAN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY nmncr AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO CONTINENTAL rnonuc'rs CORPORATION, or ew YORK, N. Y., A

CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

UHBRELLA COVER, RIB, I V Application filed June 7 This'invention relates to umbrellas of the type which may be manufactured and sold cheaply as an emergency water protection means, and the same consists broadly 1n :1.

connection between the cover, ribs and stick in the nature of .an improvement over my co-pending application Serial Number 87, 133, filed February 9, 1926.

The principal and outstanding ob ect of the presentinvention is to provide a connection between the elements specified, which materially improves the comiection at this point while greatly reducing the labor and time incident to the assembling and the gen- 1 cral cost of production.

With the above recited and other objects in view, reference is had to the following specification and accompanying drawings in which there is exhibited one example or embodiment of the invention which is in no Way intended as a limitation upon the scope of the appended claims as it is to be clearly understood that variations and modifications which properly fall within the scope of said claims may be resorted to when found expedient.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the connection;

' Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates the stick of the S6 umbrella, 11 the cover, .and 12 the ribs. The

cover is made from a circular piece of inexpensive material, such as waterproof paper, at the center of which a preferably circular piece of material, such as linen, is adhesively 49 secured, and over which the upper ends 14: of the ribs are arranged and adhesively secured to radiate from the center, the ribs being equidistantly spaced and the cover bein adhesively secured to the outer surface of the ribs. A second circular piece of material 15 is arranged over the upper ends 14' of the ribs, adhesively secured to the same and to the piece of material or linen 13, and to the cover between the ribs in a like manner, the

to piece of material 15 being preferably of greater area or diameter than the piece of material 13. The upper ends of the ribs are spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the diameter of the umbrella stick so AND STICK CONNECTION.

, 1926. Serial no. 114,324,.

Under this arran ement it is obvious that a connection for t e cover, ribs and stick is effected in a slmple and effective manner and that leakageat this point is positively.

precluded, while a hinged connection is established between the ribs and the upper end of the stick to permit of folding of the umbrella cover-supporting framework.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. In an umbrella construction, including a stick, a cover and ribs, a connection for foldably associating the cover and ribs with respect to the stick, comprising solid pieces of flexible material connected respectively to the stick and cover and the upper endsof the ribs, with said upper ends of the ribs interposed between said pieces of material.

- 2. In an umbrella construction, including a cover, a stick and ribs, a means for connecting the cover and ribs with the stick for folding, comprising a pair of superimposed solid pieces of material disposed centrally within the cover, and a fastening element extending through the cover, said pieces of material and anchored in the upper end of the stick, the upper ends of the ribs interposed between said pieces of material and radiating therefrom, with the confronting of said pieces adhesively connected with the ribs and with each other between the ribs.

3. In an umbrella construction, including a cover, a stick and ribs, a means for connecting the cover and ribs with the stick for folding, comprising a pair of superimposed solid pieces of material disposed centrally within the cover, and a fastening element extending through the cover, said pieces of material and anchoredin the upper end of the stick, the upper ends of the ribs being interposed between said pieces of material and radiating therefrom, the cover being adhesively secured to the remaining outer surfaces of the ribs.

4. In an umbrella construction, including a cover, a stick, and a folding framework havingv ribs,-the upper end of the stick being disposed within the cover, rib-embracing pieces of material interposed between the upper end of the stick and the cover.

5. In an umbrella construction, a cover, a circular piece of material within the cover at the central portion thereof adhesively secured thereto, ribs having the u per ends adhesively secured to said piece 0 material with the remaining outer surfaces adhesively secured to the inslde of the cover, a second circular piece of material overlying the uprialbetween the ribs, a stick aving its u per end disposed in abutting relation'to t e central portion of the second-mentioned piece of material, and a. fastenin [element extending through the central portion of the cover, the said ieces of material and anchored axially within the end of the stick.

,FRANK 'FABBRIN. 

